Indian-origin doctor set to become UK’s youngest to start work

LONDON: An Indian-origin doctor is set to become the UK’s youngest physician to start work at a hospital in north-east England.

Arpan Doshi graduated with his Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery degree from the University of Sheffield on Monday – aged 21 and 335 days – and is due to start work as a junior doctor in York next month.

He will beat the previous record for the youngest doctor to start work in the country by 17 days.

“I didn’t realize I was the youngest person to qualify until a friend checked on the internet. I haven’t even told my parents yet but I know they will be very proud,” the Sun quoted India-born Doshi as saying.

Arpan originally went to a local school in Gandhinagar, Gujarat, until he was 13.

Then his mechanical engineer father, Bharat, got a job in Aix en Provence as part of an international Fusion project and the whole family moved to France.

Arpan, who speaks English, Hindi and Gujarati, continued his education at an English speaking International School.